Fence construction



March v23 Y, 1926.

1,578,217 J. STUTTER v FENCE CONSTRUCTION Filed Jan. 29 1925 gmx.

ZM, W0 L@ 15mm-#if 7 i A'rrorgNEYs INVENTOR Patented Mar. 23, 1926.

UNITED STATES JOHN STUTTER, 0F MASPETH, NEW AYORK.

FENCE CONSTRUCTION.

Application led January 29, 1925. SerialNo. 5,504.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it lino-wn that I, JOHN STUTTER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Maspeth, borough of Queens, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Fence Construction, of which the following longitudinally Vspaced supporting members is a full, clear, and exact description.

-Tliis invention relates to a fence construe!v tion and refers more particularly to wire or wire fabric felices, although the same is not necessarily limited to the same.

Among the outstanding objects of the present invention is the provision of a fenceL r made up of separate units disposed between each adjacenty pair of supports and in whichv each unit consists of a pair of sections detachably connected at their innergends with each other and detachably.connected at their outer end with the fence supports whereby a passageway between any pair of adjacent supports through the length of the entire fence maybe readily made when occasion demands.

' Further objects flowing from this construction of fence reside in the facility with which the same may be erected; the elimination of the necessity of using stretchers for erecting the same; the economy with which repairs to a broken unit or section may be accomplished; and the provision of means for compensating for contraction and eX- pansion due to varying atmospheric conditions. v

`l'Vith the above recited and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel construction set forth in the following specification, particularly pointed out in the appended claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that the right is reserved to embodiments other than those actually illustrated herein, to the full extent indicated by the general meaning of the terms in which the claims are eX- pressed.

Figure 1 is a side view of a portion of the fence constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary View illustrating a portion of the inner connected ends of the fence unit sect-ions and showing in broken lines a tool for elfeoting'the connection and disconnection of the fence unit sections.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail horizontal sec tional view taken approximately on the line 3*3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. t is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately on the line 4 4. of Fig. 1. i

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference the fence consists of'vertical 1() which are preferably in the nature of channel shaped posts having spaced parallei sides 11 connected by a. bight portion 19J which is disposed ina plane parallel to the length of the fence. lBetween each adjacent pair of supports or posts 10 a fence unit Vdesignated generally by the reference char,A

acter 13 is supported or stretched and each of said units comprises a pair of identical sections designated generally by the reference' characters l4-14. Each section of each fence unit is provided at its inner end with eyes, loops or hooks 15 and at its outer` end with similarly formed eyes, loops or hooks 16. The eyes, loops or hooks 16 are inserted through slots 17 inthe sides 11 of the channel shaped posts l0 and rods or other retaining elements 1S are passed therethrough to detachably lock the outer ends of the sections in connected relation to the posts or supports 10. In order to provide means for detachably connecting and maintaining the inner ends of the sections 1J: in connected relation and under tension, contractile connector elements 19 are employed which are preferably in the nature of coiled contractile springs having hooked opposite end terminals 20 engageable in the eyes, loops or hooks 15 at the inner-ends of the sections 14, said connection being made with the elements 19 under tension orV stretched. In order to facilitate the eXpansion or stretching of the elements 19 during the application and removal, the said elements between their hooks terminals Q0 and their end convolutions are provided with eyes 21 to receive the terminals A of the. jaws of a, substantially plier-like tool B.

From the foregoing construction and arrangement it will thus be seen that a fence of this type admits of the ready connection and disconnection of the unit sections to afford a passageway through any pair ofl adjacent posts whereby ingress or egress may be accomplished. Furthermore damage to any unit or unit section facilitates the ready repair of said section or unit at a minimum expense while the remainder of the fence is in no CTI Way affected. The construction furthe-r admits of the construction ofv the fenceby a single person or workman without the use of a fence stretchingdevice as isA the case with an unbroken line Wire tence.

I claim:

l. A Wirefence includine a plurality o' spaced vertical supports and indiv,id-'ual- :te-nce units between each paii` ot' adjacent supports, eaeli of said units comprising' a pair o1"- sections, each section including a plu-v Wires, means for detaclmblyv connecting the,

outer end olf each section to a post :inducontraetile spring links for detachablj,r connecting' the inner ends ot the sections together.

3. A Wire fence includingl spaced posts and individual' tencennits between each adjacent pair of posts, said units each comprising; separable sections, said sections each comprisinga` mesh of crossed and connected Wires, means for detachably connecting the outer ends o" each section to a post, and means for detacl'iably connecting the inner ends of the sections together, said means consisting Oif- 1 plurality Oi contractile spring links, said links being normally expanded and und-er tension when in connected relaf tion to the sections,y whereby to hold said sectionstaut While permitting; the disconnection of the sections of any unit to proi- Vide a passageway between any pa-ir ot adjacent posts.. v

4. A Wire fence including spaced posts 1and individual-,tence units betnf'een each adjacent pair of posts, said units each comprising` separable sections of Wire mesh,

means for detachably connecting the outer end of each sect-ion to a post, contractile spring links for detacliably connectingl the inner ends ot' the sections together, the terminals ofA the links detachably engaging the ends. of the sections, and means adjacent the terminals'otl the links for receiving an expanding' tool for stretching'` the links to facilitate their attachment or detachment.

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